In vitro susceptibility of Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia to some medicinal plants used by the people of Southern Mexico

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-72

  Calzada, Fernando ^a   Alanis, Alma Delia ^a   Meckes, Mariana ^a   Tapia Contreras, Amparo ^a   Cedillo Rivera, Roberto ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antiprotozoal activity; Cuphea pinetorum; Entamoeba histolytica; Giardia lamblia; Kaempferol; medicinal plants; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CUPHEA PINETORUM EXTRACT; KAEMPFEROL; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEXICO; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CUPHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HELIANTHEMUM GLOMERATUM; RUBUS;

EID: 0031933785     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(19980201)12:1<70::AID-PTR189>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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